On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 7:27 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan <[email protected]> wrote: > My prayers for everyone in Bangalore to stay safe and well.
Well, except for any freak involvement in nearby violence, I guess we (the privileged class) have had enough warning to keep to our homes. That said...I felt very angry at the fear that seems to prevail, and took a 2 km walk to my daughter's place...and back a couple of hours later. I was not accosted, nor did I see any violence; but then, I am in south Bangalore, not near the Mysore Road area, where there has been violence. > > We must realize the real culprit in this and other water wars that are sure > to follow in the coming years is global warming and climate change due to > the collective error of human industrialization. > > It isn't Tamil vs Kannada or man vs man. It is man vs man's errors. Cheeni, I would differ on this. I cannot deny the anguish of the farmers in the Kaveri belt of Karnataka...but there is a very strong politically-fomented factor in this entire issue, which has been fanned to life every now and then, for years. > > The inaction of the governments and hateful genocidal rhetoric from all > sides shows the collective ignorance or worse, spiteful opportunism. Hmm...Yes, I'd agree with your words. But increasingly, we have what is neatly referred to as the "disaffected element" which seems to be waiting for such issues to flare up and who go around threatening, offering violence and looting, without fear of accountability. Perhaps, being one Madras Presidency was better than being Tamil and Kannada and Malyalam and Telugu, and having our politicians set us one against the other instead of the earlier common enemy, the Brits. Deepa.
